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The American Dream

Episode seven: the pursuit of the American dream

Hollywood

Episode six: Hollywood - from seedy suburb to capital of entertainment

Dollars and Depressions

Episode five: the Wall Street crash of 1929 and the Great Depression

Trade West

Episode four: European settlers head west into land inhabited by Native Americans

A Nation Divided

Episode three: slavery and the American Civil War

Deeds and Declarations

Episode two: the road to the American revolution

Land of Promise

Episode one: the history of US immigration

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